Job Description:

• 1) Controls grinders, mixers, and conveyors to prepare ingredients for plaster wallboard and feed prepared ingredients into hopper of board machine: Transfers gypsum, flour, potash, soap, lime, and other materials from storage area to supply tanks, using handtruck or powered truck or conveyor.

• 2) Dumps ingredients into agitator tanks according to formula to mix edge glue and soap solution.

• 3) Feeds materials, in specified proportions, into machine hopper, by pump line and conveyor.

• 4) Reads tank dials and flowmeters to determine reserve of materials in tanks and rate of flow of materials into machine hopper.

• 5) Regulates feeders and pumps, using handtools, to ensure continuous supply of ingredients into hopper.

• 6) May operate hydropulper to grind and mix paper into pulp slurry for use as additive.